A health dividend for America: the opportunity cost of excess medical expenditures.

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Published in Am J Prev Med on December 01, 2012

Authors

Jeffrey C McCullough1, Frederick J Zimmerman, Jonathan E Fielding, Steven M Teutsch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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